Many priests there are, and few;
many in name, and few in works.
See, therefore, how you sit in the official chair,
for the chair does not make the priest, but the priest makes the chair:
the place does not sanctify the man, but the man the place.
Not every priest is holy;
but every holy person is a priest.
–John Chrysostom
Another “workplace pastor” quote reaching all the way back to 400 A.D.
Chrysostom realized that each of us has the role to be a holy person that serves others, even if our paycheck wasn’t written by a church. Your role is to be a holy person, and therefore to serve as a workplace pastor for those who you are around everyday.